Watch: BBC joins retirees aboard China's 'silver trains' that aim to boost economy







































China is encouraging its retirees to spend their savings on fun initiatives to help boost its economy - including "silver trains".
They take older travellers to underdeveloped areas they might not normally visit, including those that need a financial shot in the arm.
It's hoped the increase in domestic spending would help offset the impact of Trump's tariffs.
Watch as the BBC's China correspondent Stephen McDonell joins retirees aboard one of these "silver trains".
Schools, business are shut and security has been tightened across the region after a deadly attack that killed 26 people.
More than 3,000 people have been confirmed dead after last week's earthquake and the toll is expected to rise.
South Korea's constitutional court has unanimously voted to uphold the impeachment of president Yoon Suk Yeol.
The constitutional court voted unanimously to uphold president Yoon's impeachment following his short-lived declaration of martial law.
Mount Marapi erupted on Thursday, sending a column of ash towering into the sky.
The BBC's Nikhil Inamdar explains how US President Donald Trump's tariffs could impact India.
The BBC’s Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter the country since the disaster struck.
The BBC speaks to people in Mandalay close to where Myanmar's deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck.
Myanmar's military government says at least 2,000 people were killed in last week's 7.7 magnitude quake.
The BBC is in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw to see the destruction caused by the devastating earthquake.
Dozens of workers were trapped when the building collapsed after a huge earthquake hit neighbouring Myanmar.
Rescuers in Myanmar were cheered as they carried 30-year-old Phyu Lay Khaing away on a stretcher.
Dozens remain unaccounted for after the 33-storey building, which was under construction, gave way on Friday when a powerful earthquake struck neighbouring Myanmar.
A woman was seen giving birth to a baby shortly after evacuating from a hospital.
A car dashcam has captured the moment a building collapsed in Bangkok following an earthquake.
BBC Verify has been checking dozens of videos of damage and destruction following the earthquake in Myanmar.
The top of Myanmar's Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, south-east of Mandalay, collapsed following an earthquake.
Video shows damage to the Ava Bridge, near Mandalay, after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked central Myanmar.
BBC journalist recounts moments after Bangkok building collapse
BBC journalist recounts moments after Bangkok building collapse